CEm
I woke up this morning,with ribbons in my bed,
C
I could not remember how they had got there
EmC
just the warmth from someone's body gone.
Em
My body's aching, my mind it cannot rest.
C
My thoughts are vacant, there's a rattle in my chest
Em
too old to be playing these games again.
Chorus:
GCEm
I was hoping to change, just I never did.
GCEm
And now I'm kicking the cage, to get rid of it.
Verse 2
CEm
Hands full of splinters, there's timber in my skin.
C
You'd probably hate this, but I am used to it.
EmC
I cannot fake it, but I do.
Held down in some late-night bar,
Em
where the pretty girls know who you are,
CEm
trying to find your heart in all those hopeless faces.
Chorus:
GCEm
And I was hoping to change, just I never did.
GCEm
Now I'm kicking the cage, right in front of it.
GCEm
I'm so sick of the rage, I can't get rid of it.
GCAmEmC
And with nobody to blame, I'm in the thick of it - and I walk as a man alone.
Bridge:
AEm
So what you're chasing,
AEm
you think is noble and right,
AG
I guess you'll learn in time,
GEm
you're not entitled to anything.
Chorus:
GCEm
So won't you hand me the reigns, for the thrill of it.
GCEm
You see I got what it takes, just to handle it.
GCEm
Won't you tell me I'm great, I'm in need of it.
GC
It's not a question of blame, so stand in front of it.
AmEmCAmEmC
And I walk as a man alone, oh I walk as a man alone,
AmEmC
no I walk as a man alone.